Five Star Restaurant Reviews

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Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 79% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from. The recent download trend is too spiky to read.

1. ★★★★★ kevin23332

   4.4y ago

   I give it a five star review because I love the the support team and reception! It’s so simple and easy and the support is great!

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2. ★★★★★ liamdempsey

   6.0y ago

   I’ve been using the plugin to post reviews on a client website. When I ran into issues with the reviews plugin causing errors with wp-cli, the plugin team updated the plugin to address and fix the issue within three days of being made aware of the problem.

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3. ★★★★★ cweymouth

   9.9y ago

   I love this review plugin! It’s so simple and easy and the support is great!

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4. ★★★★★ scipio1978

   10.6y ago

   Thank you very much for this great plugin. I installed it on several websites of mine. It works great. Scheme.org is integrated which was one of the reason to go for Good Reviews. Support is top notch.

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5. ★★★★★ tommifin

   10.7y ago

   After some searching and testing I found this simple plugin to be really great tool for a WordPress site developer. It’s easy to start using, implement and modify. It’s search engine friendly. And even though it’s free, Nate-the-plugin-developer was very helpful with my questions. 🙂 I would say the only downside is the very brief documentation. Couple of pointers to people using this plugin: Check the looks of the /reviews page created by the plugin. You can override the default with a new archive-grfwp-review.php template file. Check also the individual review page at /review/your-single-review-url especially if you have been using review categories. You can override the default with a new single-grfwp-review.php template file. These pages will be indexed by search engines and they might look odd in your theme.

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6. ★★★★★ John McCarthy

   11.0y ago

   I’ve tried many review/testimonial plugins but this one is perfect for my needs. I build and design websites with WordPress for my clients, most of the time I want to incorporate reviews into a sites existing styling, for it to be easy to configure and be comfortable for users to add content. This plugin fits my description very well and has all features I need and allows me to extend it easily if I require. It’s also completely transparent in styling and follows the WordPress admin UI style perfectly resulting in bare minimum learning curve for users. This plugin is a refreshing change to many plugins on the repository, clean, lean and just enough features. Thank you.

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7. ★★★★★ Marc2323

   11.2y ago

   I like the review plugin very much !

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8. ★★★★★ sambatothesea

   11.3y ago

   Great solution and great support!

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1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.4 Five Star Restaurant Reviews <= 2.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Review URL ↗
   2024-02-02 CVE-2024-24838 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.3.5 Patched in 2.3.6

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-06-09 500+ → 400+ down after 10 days in tier
2. 2026-05-30 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2026-05-28 500+ → 400+ down after 253 days in tier
4. 2025-09-17 600+ → 500+ down after 238 days in tier
5. 2025-01-22 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
6. 2025-01-20 600+ → 700+ up after 21 days in tier
7. 2024-12-30 700+ → 600+ down after 148 days in tier
8. 2024-08-04 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Widgets for Google Reviews 900K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Rich Showcase for Google Reviews 100K+ installs · 4.9★ · 1 shared tag A
• Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More 100K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
• Site Reviews 60K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• W WP Customer Reviews 20K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag A
• WP Tripadvisor Review Widgets 20K+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag B

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Five Star Restaurant Reviews: 400+ active installs, 4.9★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/good-reviews-wp